It's sweet six-cess for Katy Perry on the latest Billboard radio airplay charts.
Perry's "The One That Got Away" lifts 2-1 on Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs tally to become the record-extending sixth No. 1 from her album "Teenage Dream" on the survey.
(The purely radio-based Pop Songs chart is not to be confused with the hybrid Billboard Hot 100 ranking, which measures airplay, sales and streaming. On the latter list, "Dream" remains tied with Michael Jackson's "Bad" (1987-88) for the most No. 1s - five - from any album. "One" has climbed as high as No. 3 so far on the Hot 100).
On Pop Songs, "One" follows the first five singles from "Dream" to the summit: "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg; the title cut; "Firework"; "E.T.," featuring Kanye West; and, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)." When the lattermost song reached the summit in August, "Dream" passed two albums that each yielded four Pop Songs leaders: Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds" (2006-07) and Lady Gaga's "The Fame" (2009).
Capitol Records executive VP/marketing and promotion Greg Thompson views the Pop Songs coronation of "One" as "tremendous recognition for one of the most talented artists in the world. We couldn't be happier for Katy."
"No artist has worked harder and deserves (the honor) more than Katy," adds Capitol senior VP/promotion and marketing Dennis Reese.
Praising mainstream top 40 radio for further cementing Perry's place in the Pop Songs chart's archives, Capitol VP/pop promotion and marketing Joe Rainey cites programmer support as key in the label's year-and-a-half promotional push of "Dream." (This month, the set passed 2 million in sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan). The marriage of Perry's songs and pop stations, says Rainey, is an example of a win-win synergy that has benefitted both Perry and her home radio format.
"This is not just a milestone for Katy, it's a feather in the cap for pop radio," Rainey says.
With Perry having pocketed two leaders from her prior album "One of the Boys" - "Hot N Cold" (2008) and "Waking Up in Vegas" (2009) - her sum of eight total Pop Songs toppers places her behind only Rihanna (nine) for the most No. 1s in the list's 19-year history. Lady Gaga, P!nk and Britney Spears follow with seven rulers apiece.
Perry this week additionally rewrites the mark for most consecutive Pop Songs No. 1s - seven, from "Vegas" through "One" - as a lead artist. Lady Gaga linked six Pop Songs leaders in a row to begin her career in 2009-10.
Flawless. She is also the one with the most #1s as a lead artist now.
Flawless. She is also the one with the most #1s as a lead artist now.
She is the Queen of the US Pop Radios and we all know it!
Unfortunatelly it didnt hit that #1 on Hot 100, but TOTGA is iconic in my opinion!
And Kats get ready to tie Rihanna with the lead single from the re-release! KATY POWER
A few things to say...
1) The queen has done it again, and now she is only one song behind Rihanna for the pop record.
2) The haters in the "Is Katy the pop radio queen" thread are giving me a headache.
3) can someone post how much TOTGA has sold to date? I wanna count down to that 2x platinum...
A few things to say...
1) The queen has done it again, and now she is only one song behind Rihanna for the pop record.
2) The haters in the "Is Katy the pop radio queen" thread are giving me a headache.
3) can someone post how much TOTGA has sold to date? I wanna count down to that 2x platinum...
it'll be posted in a couple of hours 
